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Colruyt N.V.

Major Shareholding Notification Oct 29, 2024

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Major Shareholding Notification

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COLRUYT GROUP NV

Limited liability company Edingensesteenweg 196 – 1500 Halle Company number: 0400.378.485

Publication of a transparency notification

(article 14, first paragraph, of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

Summary of the notification

Pursuant to article 14 of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings, Colruyt Group and its controlling shareholder Korys, together with the Colruyt family and relatives, have submitted a notification to the FSMA.

This transparency notification dated 28 October 2024 shows that, by virtue of an acquisition of Colruyt Group shares by Korys NV, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives, and Colruyt Group together have exceeded the notification threshold of 75%.

On 22 October 2024, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives, and Colruyt Group together hold a total of 96.015.638 Colruyt Group shares which together represent 75,40% of the total number of shares issued by the company (127.348.890).

The company has no knowledge of other agreements between shareholders. The statutory thresholds per 5% bracket apply.

Content of the notification

The notification dated 28/10/2024 contains the following information:

• Reason for the notification:

Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights Crossing of the threshold by persons acting in concert

  • Notification by: Persons acting in concert
  • Person(s) subject to the notification requirement:
    • o Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin, Hoogoorddreef 15, 1101 BA Amsterdam
    • o Korys NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
    • o Korys Investments NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
    • o Korys Management Investments BV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
    • o Korys Business Services I NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle

  • o Korys Business Services II NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
  • o Korys Business Services III NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
  • o Impact Capital NV, Gemeentehuisstraat 6, 3078 Everberg
  • o Stiftung Pro Creatura, Oberer Flooz 2579 9620 Lichtensteig (CH)
  • o Family shareholders Colruyt
  • o Colruyt Group NV, Edingensesteenweg 196 1500 Halle
  • o CGMI BV, Edingensesteenweg 196 1500 Halle
  • Transaction date: 22/10/2024
  • Threshold that is crossed (in %): 75%
  • Denominator: 127.348.890
  • Notified details:
A.
Voting rights
Previous
notification
After the notification
# of voting
rights
# of voting rights % of voting rights
Holders of voting
rights
Linked to
securities
Not linked to
securities
Linked to
securities
Not linked to
securities
Stichting
Administratiekantoor
Cozin
0 0 0 0,00 % 0
Korys NV 78.110.483 82.065.193 0 64,44 % 0
Korys Investments NV 1.241.605 1.241.605 0 0,97 % 0
Korys Management
Investments BV
193.915 193.915 0 0,15 % 0
Korys Business
Services I NV
1.000 1.000 0 0,001 % 0
Korys Business
Services II NV
1.000 1.000 0 0,001 % 0
Korys Business
Services III NV
1.000 1.000 0 0,001 % 0

Colruyt Group NV 1.990.695 3.590.989 0 2,82 % 0
CGMI BV 212.673 212.673 0 0,17 % 0
Subtotal 81.752.371 87.307.375 68,56%
Impact Capital NV 60.000 60.000 0 0,05 % 0
Stichting Pro Creatura 146.755 144.255 0 0,11 % 0
Colruyt family 8.615.948 8.504.008 0 6,68 % 0
TOTAL 90.575.074 96.015.638 0 75,40 % 0
%
  • Entire chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:
    • o Colruyt Group NV and its subsidiary CGMI BV are controlled by Korys NV, which in turn are controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.
    • o Korys Investments NV and Korys Management Investments BV are controlled by Korys NV.
    • o Korys Business Services I NV, Korys Business Services II NV and Korys Business Services III NV are controlled by Korys NV.
    • o Stiftung Pro Creatura, foundation under Swiss law, and Impact Capital NV are controlled by natural persons (who directly or indirectly hold less than 3% of the securities with voting rights of the Company).
  • Additional information:

Although Colruyt Group NV and its subsidiary CGMI BV are no party to the agreements to act in concert, those treasury shares are included given their capacity of subsidiaries of Korys NV (Art. 6, §5, 3° Transparency Law); Korys NV is indeed deemed to hold these shares indirectly.

Miscellaneous

This press release may be consulted on the website of Colruyt Group via the link https://www.colruytgroup.com/en/invest/stakeholder-information/notifications.

Contact

For questions on this press release or for further information, please send an email to [email protected].

About Colruyt Group

Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with more than 700 own stores and over 1.000 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt Lowest Prices, Okay, Comarkt, Bio-Planet, Cru, Bike Republic, Zeb, PointCarré, The Fashion Store and the affiliated stores Spar and PointCarré. In France, in addition to Colruyt stores and DATS 24 filling stations, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, Coccimarket, Panier Sympa, Épi Service, VivÉco and PointCarré stores. Jims operates fitness clubs in Belgium and Luxembourg. Newpharma is the Belgian online pharmacy of Colruyt Group. Solucious and Culinoa deliver foodservice and retail products to professional customers in Belgium (hospitals, SMEs, hospitality industry, etc). The activities of Colruyt Group also comprise printing and document management solutions (Symeta Hybrid). Colruyt Group also holds interests, including in Virya Energy (to which DATS 24 belongs since June 2023), Dreamland and Smartmat (known from Foodbag). The group employs more than 33.000 employees and recorded a EUR 10,8 billion revenue in 2023/24. Colruyt Group NV is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.

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